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Baidu launches ERNIE Evolve, an automated AI research system

Baidu has launched ERNIE Evolve, an automated research system designed to autonomously select research directions, modify code for training and inference, and execute experiments. This system has demonstrated superior performance, surpassing public records in NanoChat and the NanoGPT speedrun challenges. However, the internal workings and code of ERNIE Evolve remain proprietary. AI

IMPACT Automates AI research processes, potentially accelerating discovery and development cycles.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Baidu launches ERNIE Evolve, an automated AI research system

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    Baidu has released ERNIE Evolve, an automated research system that picks research directions, edits training and inference code and runs experiments, keeping on

    Baidu has released ERNIE Evolve, an automated research system that picks research directions, edits training and inference code and runs experiments, keeping only changes that pass a hidden evaluator and a separate reviewer. It beat public records on NanoChat and the NanoGPT spee…